Politika hospodářské soutěže v Evropské unii – případ Microsoft

Competition is important aspect of market operation. Competition policy becomes a significant component of European Union operation. The main aim of this work is analyze of competition and consequently the characterization of competition policy operation in European Union, which I have established on analyze of the concrete case Microsoft. In the work i focus on demarcation of the main areas and instruments of the competition policy in European union. In the main part of the work i focus on antitrust policy, where I analyze the case between the European commission and the Microsoft Company. On this case i want demonstrate, that the steps made by European commission in the action against the Microsoft company did not lead to efficient outcome. The antitrust policy therefore can lead to the restriction of free competition instead of the streamlining.